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Course Outline
Introduction
- Rationale for utilizing business models
- Essential modeling competencies
Establishing Modeling Scope
- Understanding the concept of a business model
- Differentiating between textual and graphical components
- Contrasting scope with levels of granularity
Developing a Process for Business Model Creation
- Implementing the sequence: elicit, analyze, document, validate
- Iterative refinement of steps
- Facilitating requirements workshops
- Aligning models with deliverables
Exploring Multidimensional Business Model Aspects
- Utilizing the five Ws framework: who, what, where, when, why, and how
- Selecting appropriate modeling methodologies
- Utilizing CASE tools and simulation techniques
Mapping the Business Landscape
\r- Analyzing enterprise structures
- Investigating enterprise architecture
- Breathing down the architecture into its constituent parts
- Applying the Component Business Model
Implementing Business Rules
- Documenting constraints: operational and structural
- Depicting rules using decision tables
- Defining Business Functions
Beginning with Functional Decomposition
- Identifying functional hierarchies
- Distinguishing between functions and processes
Creating UML Use Case Diagrams
- Defining scope and boundaries
- Identifying participating actors
- Refining use cases
Documenting Business Use Cases
- Selecting the suitable level of detail
- Specifying preconditions and postconditions
- Modeling Business Processes
Employing Process Modeling Techniques
- Workflows
- Events
- Activities
- Decisions
- Sequencing
- Messaging
- Roles
Maximizing Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)
- Advantages of a standardized approach
- Sequencing and classifying activities
- Categorizing events
- Simulating a Business Process
Refining Business Process Diagrams
- Selecting appropriate gateways: decisions, forks, and joins
- Assigning processes to swim lanes and pools
- Enriching the model with supporting artifacts
Analyzing Enterprise Structure
- Establishing the business domain
- Documenting personnel and organizational units
- Modeling systems, documents, information, and tools
Structuring the Enterprise via UML Class Diagrams
- Determining object attributes
- Defining generalization and specialization relationships
- Constructing associations between classes
- Packaging for domains and functional units
Finalizing the Business Model
- Achieving comprehensive coverage with matrices
- Prioritizing features
- Cross-referencing requirements
- Correlating behavior with roles
Contextualizing the Model through Perspectives
- Documenting business interfaces
- Mapping means to ends
- Capturing time parameters
Presenting the Model to Key Stakeholders
- Understanding your audience
- Selecting the appropriate level of detail
- Choosing the most suitable model for your audience
- Translating business models into user requirements
- Delivering your models effectively
Requirements
Foundational knowledge of Windows and Object-Oriented (OO) technology is beneficial.
Target Audience:
Business consultants, Business analysts, Project Managers, and IT professionals.
21 Hours
